|  Rita Barela is the type of personality that makes San Francisco the envy of the planet. She unabashedly features "creative chaos" as her tag line while at the same time emphasizing her decades old reputation for flawless execution. Considered the first team by the many demanding City and County San Francisco departments because of the wonderful things she does. A graduate of New Mexico University and a Latina, Rita has long been the lady behind the curtain who brings others great acclaim. Widely known as San Francisco's premier event company, RBP, Inc. has created and produced signature events that have defined the culture of San Francisco. These include the Hearts in San Francisco, Black and White Ball, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Modern Ball, United Nations 50th  | | Rita Barela first came to the public's attention in 1982 when she and Charlotte Shultz (then Mailliard) brought the Black and White Ball back to life in 1982. "It was very loose," Barela recalls. "We had no stage managers. We had (volunteer) ladies who were chairwomen of different venues. They'd say, 'OK, I have to go get my hair done now,' and I'd say, 'But your piano's not here yet.' "Charlotte and I were so afraid they'd never let us do it again, we spent the whole night picking up trash. She was out there in her Gucci gown picking up hamburger wrappers from the day before." | | Rita Barela- behind the curtain at the Black & White by Jesse Hamlin May 2001 @ sfgate.com/ | | Anniversary Celebration, 1906 Earthquake and Fire Centennial Commemoration, Willie L. Brown Jr. Inaugural and BAY TO BREAKERS. Her company represents over 30 years of flawless execution and event creation that is globally recognized. Ashley Montgomery is the managing partner in charge of day to day production for Carnaval San Francisco 2009. She believes that reputation is built upon the skill and expertise of their seasoned team of event specialists  The Carnaval San Francisco 2009 logo features a royal festive aura surrounding a pomegranate. According to the artist commissioned by RPB, AG Quagliata, the fruit references Persephone's eating of the pomegranate seed in the underworld, a story at the center of the Elysian mysteries known throughout the Mediterranean cradle of civilization for over a millennium till the ritual procession was dismantled by Christianity as part of the same general process that allowed a single annual release of animal energies before a pre-easter reflective season of Lent. The story of Persephone and her daughter Demeter was a central myth that taught how you how to deal with change, marriage, the seasons and death. Twentieth century literature has used Persephone as a metaphor for patriarchal captivity in a male-dominated capitalist-industrialist ethos. According to 2009
Carnaval artist, the image also references he retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as Brazilian Carnaval drama (Black Orpheus) where Orpheus attempts to rescue his great love from the underworld.
A story worthy of San Francisco's self-image of itself as the conflicted artist's heart of the planet.
| Event Types | - Wedding
- Banquet / Dinner
- Private Party
- Corporate Event
- PR / Marketing Event
Meeting - Conference
- Convention
- Lecture / Speaker
- Stage Performance
| Rita Barela (Creative Chaos)
385 Mendell St, San Francisco, CA 94124-1710
(415) 970-9499 www.rbpevent.com
RBP, Inc. also provides full service event production and elite concierge service for their private sector clients locally, nationally and internationally. | Hearts for the City & its Hospital
| | SFGH has been at the same location in the Mission district since 1872. |  | San Francisco General Hospital, city-funded and medically renowned hospital and Level-One trauma center. A Proposition A bond measure -- passed by a whopping 84 percent of voters to provided $887.4 million for the construction of a new, seismically standardized facility that will accommodate more patients and medical equipment as the “safety net” has expanded to lead the nation back to a more rational and caring health care model where it provides managed care on demand to the all citizens of the city.
Hearts in San Francisco was a Bay Area-wide "heart installation" that debuted in the spring of 2004. While similar to many other city's use of iconic characters the San Francisco version is the only one to use a heart icon, appropriate for a city that is recognized for its acceptance and tolerance, as well as being perennially open-hearted. The goal of this project was to become a unique hybrid of fund-raising, compassionate community involvement, and a positive nurturing of artistic expression at a time when it is sorely needed. The financial beneficiary of Hearts in San Francisco is the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, whose sole purpose is to fund projects that will enhance patient care and comfort at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center (SFGH) | | Past RBP Events Include: | -Hearts of San Francisco
-SF Symphony Black and White Ball
-SF MOMA Modern Ball
-Bay to Breakers
-Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Dream Dinner
-Grand Opening of the San Francisco International Airport
-International Private 50th Birthday Celebration Cruise - Europe | |
(MNC) which will be celebrating its 50th year of providing high quality social service programs to the Latino community of San Francisco in 2009. Carnaval SF needs to be a fund-raising program and after seven years of in-house production, the MNC Board voted to hire an outside production company who could take responsibility for fiscal issues as well as growing the event into the premier annual unity event for the San Francisco Bay Area so many believe it could and should become. The Carnaval Advisory Committee (CAC) was very pleased and excited when Rita Barela Productions submitted a compelling proposal.
